Payback: The Dream King's Courier Series, Book 1

Animal control officer Gwen Revmore has no use for the gods. They've never answered any of her prayers - even after a tragic accident leaves her husband dead, and her young son gravely injured. But after her estranged grandfather shows up at the hospital to urge her to try one more time to save the boy, Gwen decides there's nothing left to lose. She asks Nathao, the powerful King of Dreams, for help, and he agrees to save Sam - but like most favors, the help will come at a price.

Serving as courier to Nathao, the increasingly powerful King of Dreams, means Gwen Revmore gets a close-up look at the gods that most mortals can only imagine. Right now, it's not a position to be envied. This time, Gwen has landed in the middle of a dispute between mother and daughter when Persephone gives birth to a son outside the reach of her mother Demma, the goddess of knowledge and medicine. The child is supposed to be given to Demma to compensate her for her loss of Persephone to Luke.